sudestino
Portuguese, noun/su.desˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
sudestino is spelled S-U-D-E-S-T-I-N-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese, the 221,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sudestino is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “an inhabitant of any of the states of southeastern Brazil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “natural de região conhecida por sudeste”.
What does sudestino mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinerarean inhabitant of any of the states of southeastern Brazil
Gabriel Moura (21 August 2020), “Há risco de nevar em Salvador? Veja explicação meteorológica”, in Jornal Correio: “Ao ver sulistas e sudestinos sendo contemplados por uma frente fria que chegará até a estados do Norte, o baiano 'cabrerou'
adjective
- 1
Brazilrarenative, belonging, or related to southeastern Brazil
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. de qualquer região conhecida por sudeste ou relativo a ela 2. da Região Sudeste do Brasil ou relativo a ela
noun: 1. natural de região conhecida por sudeste 2. natural da Região Sudeste do Brasil
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sudestino
- sudestinos plural
- sudestina feminine
- sudestinas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sudestino?
- Brazil /su.desˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
- /su.deʃˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
- Portugal /su.dɨʃˈti.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sudestino in Portuguese?
sudestino appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).